Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

The price of silver in New York yesterda,
was 9Sh.
Week after next we will have Maud Gran
ger at the Grand.
A new sidewalk is being put down on
Academy street.
There were no bullion shipments by the
Pacific Express company yesterday.
| White hats and other evidences OF spring
are apparent, and winter will only be q
memory.
The funeral of Mrs. Pack will take place
| from the esbyterian Church at O'Clock
| this afternoon.
The last of those who have been detained
! in Butte at the various hotels by the wash
outs left yesterday morning.
Messrs. Curtis & Majors yesterday To-
Gated mine north Of the Clipper Mill, and
named it the "Seventeenth of Ireland"
The principal streets were fairly alive
with people yesterday and every other man
had piece of green ribbon conspicuously
displayed.
In the lrobate Court yesterday Henry
Jacobs. administrator of the estate of PC.
Trow bridge filed his final accounts and Pc
tition for distribution of the same.
On the street yesterday $2.35 was freely
bid for West Granite. One thousand
lots OF Pyrenees changed hands at 81 so.
Judge Evan Herbert will hear the evil
dence in the cause OF the Territory vs.. Jerry
Brosshanan who is charged with coHfisca-
ting to his own use some hay in Browns
gulch.
Two men were arrested for stealing hay
in the park in Jefferson county and were
committed to jail yesterday on warrant
issued by the Justice OF the Peace atWaik-
erville.
Mr.. McDonough, the Manager and Super
intendent of the gas works, is going to
erect gas works for Spokane Falls, Wash.
ington Territory. He will leave for there
in few days.
It was reported yesterday on the street
that Jack Dempsey, the champion middle
weight pugilist, had arrived in t. is city from
Garrison on the DELAYED train. But up to
q late hour we could trace it to no reliable
source.
The energy displayed by the street Clean
ing department of Butte knocks Herc,.le
contract with the Augean stables into q
cooked hat. As much as two dirt carts
meandered around Park street west yes
terday afternoon.
When the branches from the Montana
Union up to the various mills around
Butte are finished there will be thirteen
miles in all. The Union Pacific ia now con-
structing them for the Montana Union,
which will operate them when completed
under leases.
A deed in escrow has been recently execu-
ted by owners of the Major Budd mine to
E. !. Carter of Helena, and eastern parties,
u tl1.---sns atiDE<heing s1h0 ,0O0- Messrs.
Hauser, Hotter and tn6 o=hers -me..Aio..2
in yesterdays Inter-Mountain as having
had the mine bonded to then have no con.
necticn whatever with the property in ques-
ton.
The ladies of the Eastern Star have en-
gagged Renshaw Hall for their ball this even
ing and Caplice Hall has been retained for
ladies have met with in selling tickets war
rants the expectation that the second
hall will be necessary. There will be a full
turnout from all the societies in the city.
All who have uniform will wear it, and re-
gala of all kinds will be conspicuous.
There was practicing Iearly all day yes
terday, at Caplice Hall, by the piano per-
formers at the Turnverein concert Sunday
night. The new piano was placed there
and tuned. and Messrs. Kronberg. Werlitz.
Wolff and others will perform some OF the
finest music heard on that instrument in
public for a long time. The amusemenr
furnished will be something unusual in
Butte. and the hall should be crowded to
repletion on the evening OF the entertain
nent.
In Justice Dingevon's court on Wednes-
]ay evening was tried the case of Short
sleeve against Mary Guyette and Peter
Keisier, partners. 1t was an action against
In absconding debtor, and owing to the
act that a woman cannot be inca rcerated
or debt, Mr.. Keisier had to take the brunt
of the proceedings. He was convicted and
,ent to Jail, and last evening at Z O'Clock
notion was made by Mr.. Duffy, counsel for
;he prisoner, to discharge Kesier on insuf-
iciency of the affidavit on which he was
irst arrested. The prisoner was dis
harged, but was no sooner at liberty than
,e was rearrested on the same charge upon
he same evidence and the third trial was
n progrees last night.
A young lady complained yesterday to
MARSHAL Jolley that purse OF money had
,een stolen from her room on East Copper
treet. The Marshal accompanied her to
he house and proposed to begin the search
n Ler own room. "Oh, it's not the least
,it of use," said she, 1--WE turned every
lrticle in it over and over again, and it
init there. It's somebody in the house
las stolen It,. "WelI, leu g negln Unere
lnyhow." said Mr.. Jolley. And the first
hing he searched was the bed, and on pull
ng back the mattress there lay the purse.
How did it get there? Oh, the party that
ook it, seeing the squeal made, put it
here, of course" said rbe Marshal.
meet cases like that every day"
The Beehive was the center Of observa-
ion last night from until $50 O'Clock.
IN impossible crowd was gathered on the
idewalk opposite gazing at illuminated
Genes from famous places cast on a white
round erected above that store by
magic lantern on the balcony OF the store
n the opposite side of the street. The
ght did not work any too well and the re-
uIt was rather failure. many OF the
Genes being unrecognizable from the side
'alk. As a rule, it may as well be under
TODD by the managers OF this exhibition
hat the people in this land of freedom
ant all the light on subject that can be
thereupon, and that they will
Ill to realize the anticipations they have
by their abortive attempt until
hey can at least rival the brilliancy OF our
lectric lights.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr. W. f. Hall wife and daughter left